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The Hot Pot
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The Hot Pot is a goulash of news, opinions and advice about designing food products and other issues affecting our industry. Its moderator and sometimes contributor is Lynn A. Kuntz, editor of Food Product Design. A lifetime of food-industry experience, first in the trenches and currently via the written word, has shaped her knowledge base and her opinions―and she's not afraid to use either of them. |
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01/31/2012
The Cost of Food SafetyThe health-related cost of foodborne illness in the United States is now $77.7 billion, approximately half of the cost calculated in 2010, but it’s not necessarily due to improved food safety. |
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01/18/2012
Are Proteins Passé?Does new research signal the end of protein’s public heyday? Probably not, given its role in nutritional and food science and its wide range of functionality in foods and beverages. |
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12/29/2011
Food Trends: Out with the Old, In With the NewOne of the most interesting phenomena as the old year closes out and the new unfolds is the veritable flood of predictions of what’s the next big thing in foods and beverages. Pierogi? Hibiscus? Bugs? ... |
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12/05/2011
Fighting the Sodium BattleIn the late 80s, the Intersalt study and the subsequent National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutefocus on sodium and blood pressure. Several decades later, sodium reduction continues to be a high priority for the food industry. |
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11/28/2011
A Functional Foods FeastIt’s difficult to pinpoint the exact size of the functional foods market—those food and beverage products that promote optimal health and wellness and reduce the risk of chronic disease—because there are difficulties in defining exactly what does or doesn’t qualify. |
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11/01/2011
Lessons Learned From Dangerous FoodsA spate of safety concerns has hit the food industry this fall, leading to a heightened awareness of food across a wide swath of the country: from kitchens to factories to laboratories to legislative offices, and everywhere in between. |
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10/20/2011
Adding Up Listeria, Cantaloupe and Hot DogsThe reason fresh cantaloupe from Jensen Farms killed at least 25 in the recent deadly food outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes is similar to the reason for the deadly 1998 outbreak of Listeria in hot dogs—poor sanitation. |
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10/17/2011
Almonds: Deliciously HealthyOne message that’s getting a lot of play lately is that the best way to get nutrition is through foods. Not everyone is a big fan of steamed veggies, but one food that’s hard to resist is almonds. |
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10/07/2011
DHA Isn't DHA Say LawyersThe fatty-acid molecule docosahexaenoic acid (DHA),is not always an omega-3 lcPUFA, but sometimes a short-chain fatty acid alleges lawsuits filed against Dean Foods/Whitewave Foods DHA-fortified milk. |
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10/03/2011
In Favor of Functional FoodsMarket demands are driving the explosive growth of the functional foods market, accelerating the development of new food and beverage products that can address health and wellness issues. |
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